For many first-years, ASPC elections can elicit disillusionment and apathy, writes Anjali Suva PO ’27.
Tag: Elections
Scripps Associated Students appoints 15 board members for 2023-2024 academic year
On Friday, April 7, Scripps Associated Students (SAS) election winners were announced for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year, after nearly 400 students voted in the election. Newly elected SAS Executive President Lily Dunkin SC ’24 expressed her approval of next year’s SAS board. She is especially excited to collaborate with
OPINION: The Claremont Colleges should make Election Day a holiday
College students are notoriously unreliable when it comes to voter turnout – but Madison Lewis PO ‘24 says colleges have an opportunity to change that.
OPINION: Pomona’s expectations for first-year presidents are way too high
Pomona first-years voted in their first ASPC election before having survived even their first month of college. As a result, candidates were making false promises and unknowingly spreading misinformation about student government, argues Paul Yan ‘26.
Pitzer Senate elections committee scraps its ongoing student body election following allegations against presidential candidates
In an unprecedented decision, Pitzer College’s Student Senate announced Wednesday evening that it would scrap the votes already cast in its ongoing student body election, planning to start anew following spring break.
Claremont sales tax increase seems headed for defeat, but supporters not ready to concede
A proposed 0.75 percent Claremont sales tax that supporters say would have boosted city revenues by $2.5 million appears headed toward defeat. But with more than 1,000 ballots from Tuesday’s special election yet to be counted, a community group supporting Measure CR isn’t conceding just yet.
News Bites Week of April 7
Scripps Associated Students and ASPC recently announced their election results, and ASHMC passes a resolution allowing executive board members to receive stipends of up to $600.
OPINION: India needs an autocracy, just not the one we already have
India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is already an autocracy. But its current government controls people’s lives without granting them the peace and safety they are promised.
Recount names 5C student as state Democratic delegate
Shayok Chakraborty PO ’19 won a race to be a state Democratic delegate in a recount, after narrowly losing the race in the initial count.
OPINION: Let’s focus on governing instead of campaigning
On New Year’s Eve, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, announced her intention to run for president — a whopping 673 days before Election Day. In less than a month, more than five other major candidates have followed suit. For the next two years, coverage of their campaigns will crowd the airwaves.